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<td class='date'>Oct 16, 2010</td></tr> 
<tr><td class='title'><a href='http://blog.trailimage.com/2010/10/louie-lake-troublesome-trail.html'>Louie Lake: Troublesome Trail</a></td> 
<td class='date'>Oct 15, 2010</td></tr> 
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<td class='date'>Sep 05, 2010</td></tr> 
<tr><td class='title'><a href='http://blog.trailimage.com/2010/09/lolo-motorway-and-more-day-2.html'>Lolo Motorway and More: Day 2</a></td> 
<td class='date'>Sep 04, 2010</td></tr> 
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<td class='date'>Sep 03, 2010</td></tr> 
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<td class='date'>Aug 06, 2010</td></tr> 
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<td class='date'>Aug 06, 2010</td></tr> 
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<td class='date'>Aug 05, 2010</td></tr> 
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<td class='date'>Jul 09, 2010</td></tr> 
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<td class='date'>Jun 19, 2010</td></tr> 
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<td class='date'>Jun 19, 2010</td></tr> 
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<td class='date'>Jun 08, 2010</td></tr> 
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<td class='date'>Jun 08, 2010</td></tr> 
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<td class='date'>Jun 07, 2010</td></tr> 
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<td class='date'>May 31, 2010</td></tr> 
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<td class='date'>May 30, 2010</td></tr> 
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<td class='date'>May 30, 2010</td></tr> 
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<h2 class='post-title'><a href='http://blog.trailimage.com/2010/10/louie-lake-resplendent-road.html'>Louie Lake: Resplendent Road</a></h2> 
<h6>by Jason Abbott</h6> 
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<p>An alien world inhabited by ancient lizards the size of mountains, large enough to support their own flora and fauna, was the subject of one of the <a href="http://escapepod.org/">short stories</a> I listened to while riding home.</p>  <p>Except it was real. The mountains northeast of McCall were covered in grey scales, wrinkled rocks as large as my yard, the thin spaces between them home to low bushes, red and yellow, and spindly evergreen trees. The landscape could hardly have been more impressive had it suddenly rose up, a titan to lumber across the earth.</p>  <p>A plan to ride the East Mountain ATV trail was deferred with Ryan&#8217;s expedited return to Boise. None of us remaining were prepared to lead that route. Instead we would simply take back-roads as much as possible as we made our way home.</p>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5090702404_f7129b412f_b.jpg" /></div>  <p>We rode through McCall, northeast along Payette Lake to Lick Creek Road. We travelled a ribbon of asphalt black with the morning rain, laced with fluttering, golden leaves. The idyllic drive brought to mind the observations of Robert Pirsig.</p>  <blockquote>   <p>You see things vacationing on a motorcycle in a way that is completely different from any other. In a car you&#8217;re always in a compartment, and because you&#8217;re used to it you don&#8217;t realize that through that car window everything you see is just more TV. You&#8217;re a passive observer and it is all moving by you boringly in a frame. On a cycle the frame is gone. You&#8217;re completely in contact with it all. You&#8217;re in the scene, not just watching it anymore, and the sense of presence is overwhelming (<em>Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance</em>).</p> </blockquote>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/5095129874_64eb8b9f06_b.jpg" /></div>  <p>Road and creek entwined in a shadowy embrace as asphalt became dirt and we ascended titanic stone-scaled mountains.</p>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/5090110205_be0e79044b_b.jpg" /></div>  <p>Efforts to record the vast hinterland seemed futile. I stopped and stopped again, falling farther behind, unable to squeeze that land into my small black box.</p>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4151/5090114777_cf3f8362cb_b.jpg" /></div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5090118525_3b21ccb6eb_b.jpg" /></div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/5090121539_094cdba049_b.jpg" /></div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5090124625_30646617b2_b.jpg" /></div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/5090128347_60fff9d945_b.jpg" /></div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4127/5090729658_3971cbfaa1_b.jpg" /></div>  <p>We descended slowly along the shoulder of a wide valley, it&#8217;s forest floor hazy in the morning light. Small aspens stood among stone blocks above the road like children cautious but curious to see the passing strangers. Rocky crags rose high above, sharp against the bright sky. I wished to stop and spend a day watching light play across the many still forms. Another time.</p>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5090732318_38320dab69_b.jpg" /></div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/5090137711_2d7ffcd29f_b.jpg" /></div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/5090141511_6c93cd9755_b.jpg" /></div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/5090741658_1a10c8f659_b.jpg" /></div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4090/5090744694_96fcc16595_b.jpg" /></div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/5090151137_89c5cfb6ae_b.jpg" /></div>  <p>The road eventually followed at the level of creek and river many miles to our expected turn south to pass the Forest Service helibase, Krassel, and Buckhorn Campground on the way to Warm Lake.</p>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4128/5090752988_a277b2bc5b_b.jpg" /></div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5090757528_2ffedf8900_b.jpg" /></div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/5090162921_46b14d6ae2_b.jpg" /></div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5090165161_93d9de6039_b.jpg" /></div>  <p>A big orange sign, however, said that road was closed. The nearest alternative was to loop by the tiny mountain town of Yellow Pine, adding about thirty miles to the trip.</p>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1121/5097604033_8c4cb96476_b.jpg" /></div>  <p>Tyson expressed uncertainty about having enough gas for the added distance. You can imagine our sympathy.</p>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4151/5090765536_41b0175ab0_b.jpg" />     <div>Vienna sausages for Ed</div> </div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1153/5098204328_094b9f163b_b.jpg" /></div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4085/5090169887_961c783a74_b.jpg" />     <div>Much road work near Yellow Pine</div> </div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/5090172963_4375bc268a_b.jpg" /></div>  <p>Yellow Pine didn&#8217;t have telephone service until November of 1996 (<a href="http://www.ruralnetwork.net/~yptimes/page10.html">source</a>). There are no stoplights and no pavement. They don&#8217;t always have gas but Tyson got lucky. He filled his bike from a red five gallon jug at the town&#8217;s rustic market before we continued southwest along Johnson Creek toward Warm Lake and Cascade.</p>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/5090178613_121fc10bc4_b.jpg" /></div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5090773754_263f509376_b.jpg" /></div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1227/5098205280_1a0ba7779b_b.jpg" />     <div>Smile, you're on the Internet</div> </div>  <p>Although we never experienced it ourselves, miles and miles of mud and puddles told a story of recent, steady rain.</p>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/5090779618_3a59cf7514_b.jpg" /></div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/5090783642_c77303985a_b.jpg" /></div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5090787008_08df1ba91c_b.jpg" /></div>  <p>And then we joined the highway, curving through the mountains around Warm Lake.</p>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/5090789902_169828578c_b.jpg" /></div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/5090193843_a7ec955e8e_b.jpg" /></div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/5090197047_a2af826362_b.jpg" />     <div>Warm Lake below</div> </div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4148/5090201133_d3131802da_b.jpg" /></div>  <p>In Cascade, we got fuel and food and planned the next dirt detour. We would take High Valley Road from Smiths Ferry.</p>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/5090203043_776503dc2e_b.jpg" /></div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/5090205439_3fa2b26d01_b.jpg" /></div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5090208327_b002e8fd18_b.jpg" /></div>  <p>Rain had not passed this way. I put the camera away to avoid thick dust hanging in the air as I trailed behind the others.</p>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/5090211029_ebcecec751_b.jpg" /></div>  <div class="photo"><img alt="alt" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4152/5090212973_048e23db0b_b.jpg" /></div>  <p>We rejoined Highway 55 at Gardena and made our own way home.</p>  <blockquote>   <p>Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature&#8217;s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves (John Muir).</p> </blockquote>  <p>I am glad to live so near the mountains.</p>  
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